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Verb: quash  kwósh
  1. Declare invalid
    "The contract was quashed";
    - invalidate, annul, void, avoid, nullify
     
  2. Put down by force or intimidation
    "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising";
    - repress, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce

Derived forms: quashed, quashes, quashing

Type of: cancel, contradict, crush, negate, oppress, strike down, suppress

Antonym: formalise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Quash, William